When Thomasians spruce up the Queen

The thunder of La Naval is expected to ring loudest next month when the Philippine Church and the Dominican Order mark the centennial of the coronation of the Nuestra Señora del Rosario, La Naval de Manila.

Now enshrined at the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City, Nuestra Señora del Rosario de La Naval was the first Marian image in the Philippines to be canonically crowned in 1907. It is said that Pope Pius X had immediately acceded to the Dominicans’ request for the canonical coronation by writing his permission long-hand in 1906.

100th year of La Naval's canonical coronation marked

Highlighting the 100th anniversary of the canonical coronation of La Naval de Manila, the Dominican Province of the Philippines will reenact the Marian image’s solemn canonical coronation on Oct. 4 at the Sto. Domingo Parish in Quezon City, the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary.

The reenactment will be made during a High Mass to be celebrated by Msgr. Wojciech Zaluski, charge de affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature (the new Nuncio, Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, has yet to assume his post and present his diplomatic papers to Malacanang and the Philippine bishops), and 15 bishops coming from all over the country.

Puno ng mga Dominiko bumisita sa UST

Nasa bansa ang tinaguriang “Dominican pope,” si P. Carlos Azpiroz Costa, O.P., para sa isang visitation upang kausapin ang kanyang mga kapatid tungkol sa kalagayan ng Ordeng Dominiko sa Pilipinas.

Dumating si Azpiroz sa bansa noong Agosto 26 at mananatili hanggang Setyembre 24. Maglilibot ang Argentinong Dominiko sa iba’t-ibang dako ng Pilipinas, bahagi ng kanyang tungkulin bilang pinuno ng Orden sa buong mundo.

Sto. Domingo sa mga ukit at larawan

Upang gunitain ang pista ni Santo Domingo de Guzman, ang tagapagtatag ng kongregrasyong Order of Preachers, inilunsad ng kumbento ng Santo Domingo ang Santo Domingo Exhibit kung saan makikikita ang mga antigong paglalarawan sa mga bagay at tauhan na nauugnay sa ama ng mga Dominikano.

Ayon kay P. Bienvenido Trinilla, O.P., prior ng kumbento ng Santo Domingo kung saan idinaos ang exhibit mula ika-22 ng Hulyo hanggang ika-15 ng Agosto, layunin nitong ipakilala si Santo Domingo sa mga tao sa parokya at mga karatig lugar.